Chapter 133: Giving Up the Title
After the words fell, the couple beside him raised their eyebrows in surprise.
Huo Jin saw that his expression did not change, Gao Ba stood steadily, and just looked at Huo Hou steadily.
Huo Hou suddenly looked up, as if he couldn't believe what he heard, and his face turned red instantly.
"Mom! How can this be possible? Jin sees him... He's not fully recovered yet. Besides, at my age..."
He is in his prime, but it is far from time for him to abdicate!
"He is not in good health, but he is more sober than you!" The old lady interrupted him and turned her gaze to Huo Jinjian and Liang Weiyuan who were standing beside him.
Huo Jin's face was cold and pale, but it could not hide his nobleness. His eyes, which were always as calm as a deep pool, were always as bright and sharp as a falcon.
Liang Weiyuan stood beside him, her eyes clear and bright, maintaining just the right amount of elegance and reason.
These two children will be the backbone of the Marquis' Mansion in the future.
Huo Hou also looked over, but his face was pale and blue.
"Mother... the inheritance of the title is a serious matter, how can it be given up so easily? Jin Jian is still young, it won't be too late to gain a few more years of experience."
"Hmph!" The old lady knocked her cane on the ground again, her experienced eyes gloomy.
"When he was leading the troops in Mobei, you were still listening to music in a restaurant in the capital! In terms of courage and intelligence, how is he not better than you?"
She looked at Huo Jinjian and softened her tone, "Jinjian, what do you think?"
Huo Jin took a step forward and bowed slightly: "Grandson will obey the arrangements of grandma and father."
Not conceited, yet not self-deprecating, he calmly shouldered the responsibility. The old lady nodded with increasing satisfaction.
Marquis Huo clutched the corner of his casual clothes tightly. He knew that his mother was doing this for the good of the Huo family, but he also knew that he was truly unable to handle such a heavy responsibility.
But when he thought about handing over the power he had held for decades, his heart felt like it was blocked and he couldn't breathe.
Marquis Huo clenched his back teeth, trying to be tough, but when he met the old lady's unyielding gaze, he swallowed his words back.
He could only mumble, "Mother, let me, let me think about it again. After all, this is a big deal, and we have to prepare..."
After saying this, Marquis Huo turned around and strode away quickly as if he was escaping.
Watching his back disappear at the door, the old lady frowned deeply.
"Stupid thing!"
Marquis Huo was filled with rage and went straight to the second room without thinking.
If it weren't for the evildoer in this courtyard who caused the disaster of embezzling military funds, how could he, a marquis, end up in such a miserable state today?
He bowed and scraped to the emperor and all the civil and military officials in the court to apologize, and when he returned home, he was asked to give up his title!
As soon as I turned around the corridor, I heard Huo Siyuan's angry curse coming from the second house courtyard:
"Liang Weiyuan, that vicious woman! Huo Jin met that sickly person! If it weren't for them, how could I have ended up in this situation! Wait until I get out..."
These words immediately pierced his already angry heart like a thorn.
"Go out? You still want to go out?"
Marquis Huo kicked open the gate of the second house, and the bluestone slabs were shaken and dust fell off.
His eyes were red and his usually gentle face was now full of sinisterness. This look scared the three people in the yard.
"You committed such a heinous crime, and it's a great favor from the Emperor that you weren't beheaded on the spot. Yet you still refuse to repent! You're a complete bastard!"
"father……"
Huo Siyuan shuddered at his roar, and his arrogance was instantly extinguished.
But seeing the anger in Huo Hou's eyes, he not only didn't admit his mistake, but instead stiffened his neck and said aggrievedly: "Dad! Why are you speaking for an outsider? It was clearly Huo Jinjian who teamed up with Liang Weiyuan to frame me!"
"If they hadn't exposed it, how could this matter have been exposed?"
"How dare you say that!"
Huo Hou was so angry that he raised his hand to hit her, but Yu, who had rushed over, grabbed her arm tightly.
The dark circles under Yu's eyes were darker than last night, obviously she had been crying all night.
As soon as she saw Marquis Huo, her tears flowed like beads from a broken string, and she cried, "Master! Please don't hit the child! Siyuan knows he's wrong, he really knows he's wrong!"
"He was just thinking about bringing honor to his family and was bewitched by a traitor. Now he's just complaining in anger. He will definitely not do it again in the future!"
While crying, she secretly winked at Huo Siyuan.
Huo Siyuan already felt aggrieved, and when he heard Yu express her thoughts, his eyes instantly turned red and he knelt down with a plop.
"Dad, I really didn't have any other thoughts. I just wanted to do something to make you proud. I never thought it would end up like this..."
"Dad, you must save me!"
This sudden change made Huo Hou's hand freeze in mid-air.
He had come here with a lot of anger in his heart, and he had no place to vent his anger. However, when he saw the mother and son crying in front of him, and Huo Siyuan's heartfelt cry, his anger was immediately dissipated by half.
Marquis Huo shook off Yu's hand, glaring at the mother and son, his voice still furious, "You embezzled military funds and colluded with foreign ministers. Even if I chop off your heads ten times, it's not enough! The Emperor has already spoken..."
Before he could finish, Yu and Huo Siyuan's faces suddenly turned pale with fear when they thought of the tragic scene of people's heads falling to the ground.
"master!"
Yu cried heartbreakingly, and without caring about anything else, she pulled Liang Shanyu, who dared not even breathe, and knelt down together with her.
"Shanyu is pregnant with the Huo family's eldest grandson! Do you want to watch the child being born without a father?"
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